Tack-puller.



P. GELINSKI.

TACK PULLER.

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1,189,090. Patented June 27,1916.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PAUL GELINSKI. 0F CLEARING. ILLINOIS.

TACK-FULLER.

Application flied March 2, 1918.

To all whom it "NH/001N781!!! lie it known that I, laui. (il-JJNBKI, a subject of the Emperor of Germanv, residing at (.learin in the county of ook and State'of Illinois. have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tack-Pullers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to devices for pulling tacks or the like and more particu arly to devices of this character wlnch are manipulated by hand.

Ihe objects of my invention are to pro duce an exceedingly simple, cheap and durable device and to so construct the same that the tack or other fastener is first 1005- encd by a leverage movement and then drawn out by a straight and direct all. These and other objects I accomplisi as hereinafter set forth in the following description and as particularly pointed out in the appended claim, reference bein had to the accompanying drawings in which an embodiment of my invention is shown.

Figure 1 represents my improved device in side elevation and at a sligit angle from the perpendicular with its slotted extremity slipped upon the head of a tack or the like preparatory to ulliag it. Fig.2,re resents the device tilte from the position s own in Fig. l, to a perpendicular position and with the tack or the like loosened and also showing in dotted line the device raised by a direct pull and the tack removed. Fig. 8, is an end elevation of the device. Fig. 4, is a bottom view of the device.

In referring to the emlmdiment of m invention shown in the accompanying r rawings in detail, like numerals designate corresponding parts.

My improved device is designed to extract or pull tacks and other fasteners with a minimum of exertion and without bending or injuring the tack or fastener. The mnbodiment shown is in the form of a single bar of suitable metal, such for instance as steel, having" a handle 1, and a head 2, located at one end of the handle.

The head 2, is of a peculiar form, bein provided with a flat end surface or face which extends Obllt uely or at an angle which is slightl greater ban a right angle to the general irection of the bar and a slot 4,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 27,1916.

Serial No. 81,610.

out from one side to nearly the opposite snle thereof and extending inwardly at a shght diverging angle to the face 3, see

tilted to loosen the fastener "before it. is

drawn completely out.

The operation of my improved device is approximately as followsz-The bifurcated c aw is first fitted beneath the head of a fastener such as a tack as shown in Fi 1. The device is now tilted or turned rom the position shown in Fig. 1, to the position shown in Fig. 2 rollin on the corner 9, and elevating and loosening the fastener. The bar is then finally iven a pull or jerk upward in a vertical direction thereby removing the fastener by force exerted in a straight upward direction and without bending or injuring the same. The upward movement of the device is illustrated in dotted lines in Fi 2.

While I have it ustrated and described a ireferred form of construction for carrying this invention into etl'eet, the same is capable of a wide range of variations, alterations. modificatimis and changes without de iarting from the spirit of the invention. I t herefore do not wish to be limited to the above described form, but desire to avail myself of all such variations. alterations modifications and changes as fairly fall within the scope of the appended claim or may be construed to come within the scope of the same by involving the doctrine of equivalents.

\Vhat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:-

A tool 0' the class described, comprising a solid strai ht handle. a head at one end of said handl e provided with a flat end surface which extends at an angle slightly greater than a right angle to the general direction of the handle and a slot cut from one side to nearly the opposite side thereof and extending inwardly at a slight diverging angle to the end surface, the corner of the head on its unslotted side being rounded to constitute a rolling fulcrum and a flat thin plate being formed by said slot on the end of the head which is recessed to form a )ulling claw.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my hand.

Chicago, Illinois, February 29, A. D. 1916.

PAUL GELINSKI.

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